Al Dente Pasta

asparagus carbonara

Asparagus is in season, it's so fresh tasting and so good right now. I just had to share a recent weeknight dinner. Enjoy!

This is a great time of year to eat healthy and detox from the holidays. Our student food scientist intern, Lillian, came up with this delicious vegetarian stir fry it is loaded with healthy ingredients and tossed with BonaChia pasta.

pasta with tuna (or salmon), spinach, and capers

Fox 2 News wanted me to tape a cooking segment. Took a quick look at my list of 3in3 recipes. This one, Pasta with Tuna (or salmon), spinach, and capers, inspired by my friend Kasey Passen, jumped out at me like a flying fish in Barbados.

Carba-Nada and Zucchini

If you crave creamy pasta when the weather turns cooler, this Carba-Nada with Zucchini recipe is the ticket. Great way to use up zucchini in season and sneak it into a healthy dish. It features lots of veggies, Carba-Nada pasta, with a low-fat creamy taste.

pasta with vegetables

A super quick summer meal!

pasta salad with cucumbers and peas

A quick and cool pasta salad for those hot summer days

TexMex Pasta Salad

Perfect for a picnic, party or potluck!

Arugula and Pea Pasta

Our student intern, Kate Grimaldi, was headed to her farmers market for inspiration. She and her mom marveled at all the fresh greens and were inspired by the peas, lettuces, and lemon. They created a new, light, fresh pasta recipe perfect for a summer dinner!

3 in 3 arugula, sundried tomato, and feta pasta

A "3 in 3" Recipe......Three Ingredients in 3 minutes!

3 in 3 spinach, tuna, and capers pasta

This is my idea of fast food. A simple dish of pasta, spinach, tuna, and capers. Perfect for a week night!

super simple, super good

This Fabulous Whole Wheat Fettuccine is delicious, nutritious pasta boasts 6 grams of fiber and 390 mg of ALA omega 3 yet still has the same amazing home-made. "tender, but firm" texture that has made Al Dente Pasta famous since 1981. Here's to good food and good health.

fruti di mare al dente

I’ve been on a fruti di mare kick for more than a month now. Just thinking about it makes me want black mussels, tiny sweet clams and big, barely cooked shrimp and a spicy red sauce, over pasta of course. Here’s the thing. I’m very impatient. Not a self-deprecation, it’s just the way it is. That means I don’t want to wait. So, while I cook faster than the average bear, I still want it nearly now. Okay, now. Lucky for me, shellfish loves hasty schedule, cooking to perfection within minutes. A good sauce takes a bit longer and pasta a whole 15 minutes, including bringing water to a boil. I came up with this expeditious recipe that uses some of my favorite prepared ingredients. I stop on my way home and buy fresh shellfish. I fill up a pot with cold water and start boiling. By the time my pasta is aldente, my fruit di mare is perfection and I’m whirling like a Dervish. Here’s my speedy recipe. by Annabel Cohen

rosy pappardelle

The inside scoop at Al Dente Pasta is that we put the final touches on our Golden Egg Pappardelle and Garlic Parsley Pappardelle. You’ll be happy to know that even though it is considerably wider than our fettuccine, it still cooks in 3-4 minutes. Because of its width, however, it holds up beautifully under sauces that were sometimes a little too heavy for our other noodles.

turkey tetrazzini

The search is over! I have found and perfected the most delicious Turkey Tetrazzini recipe of all time. I need to suggest, maybe even insist, that you use really good ingredients, especially if you want it to turn out as good as mine did last night. Al Dente Pasta, of course! Fresh grated Parmesan cheese, panko breadcrumbs,flavorful mushrooms–you get the idea.

Annabel Cohen is giving us our holiday treat.

creamy fettucine with shrimp, sundried tomato and basil

This is a classic delicious combination of pasta, shrimp, basil, and sun-dried tomatoes. Great for the holiday season but also at any season of the year.

pasta with arugula, sun dried tomatoes and feta

When I was looking for great 3 in 3 recipes to try with our new Bona Chia™ this classic came up. Would be perfect with any of our pastas, but can't wait to try it with our new flavors.

pasta with green beans, bacon and chives

You really can have your pasta and eat it too! A little pasta tossed with lost of other healthy ingredients is so nutritious, good, and satisfying.

pasta with shrimp and asparagus

pasta with fresh corn and tomato salsa

This recipes is on our Red Chili Fettuccine. Such a beautiful shade for pasta, what a delicious recipe.

pasta with zucchini, mushrooms, & pinenuts

This recipe is on our Wild Mushroom Fettuccine bag. Al Dente® Pasta has become famous for it's incredible taste and texture that duplicates what an Italian grandmother would make in her own kitchen.

pasta with spinach and roma tomatoes

Recipe and video created by Peggy Lampman. Says Peggy DeParry, the creator of this recipe "Perfectly cooked, Al Dente pasta combined with the classic taste of Regianno, Balsamic and extra-virgin oil create a simple, yet scrumptious pasta salad."

pasta with shrimp and peas

One of the Al Dente® Pastas easiest and tastiest recipes, and it is printed out on recipe cards. We usually have this recipe card and others available free at our cooking demos.

pasta with ham (or turkey) and peas

This recipe appears on our Egg Fettuccine package. It would be equally good with any flavor of our pasta including our Pappardelle as shown. Peace, love, and pasta.

fettuccine alfredo

Everyone loves the classic Fettuccine Alfredo. Obviously, it's not something that you would want to eat every week, but to indulge now and then is a wonderful thing!

egg linguine with bleu d’auvergne

It's no surprize that Tom DeVries gave us a recipe combining cheese with pasta. After all, his company, the R.Hirt Jr. Co. in Detroit's Eastern Market, is one of the area's finest distributors of specialty foods and cheeses. They were Al Dente's very first distributor back in 1982.

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